Stock Market Today, Feb. 26: Nasdaq falls nearly 2% despite strong Nvidia earnings

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Affected assets and topics

$DOW $NASDAQ EARNINGS

Why it matters

The Nasdaq fell nearly 2% despite strong earnings from Nvidia, with the S&P 500, Russell 2000, and Dow also experiencing losses. The market is currently seeing more declining stocks than advancing ones. This suggests a bearish market sentiment.

Expected market reaction

Bearish Confidence 85% How confidence is read Horizon: Short term Impact: High

Market impact analysis based on bearish sentiment with 85% confidence.

Evidence trail

Evidence
Source Yahoo Finance
Claim Stock Market Today, Feb. 26: Nasdaq falls nearly 2% despite strong Nvidia earnings
Affected assets DOW, NASDAQ
AI inference Bearish · 85%
Generated 2026-02-26 18:36

AI provenance

Analysed by Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq) Methodology v1.0 Generated
Technical identifiers
Provider tag
groq-llama-3.1-8b-instant
Model id
llama-3.1-8b-instant
Analysis version
groq-llama-3.1-8b-instant
Article id
50735
Timeframe
6h

Prediction lifecycle

  • Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq) NASDAQ Bearish 85% 6h
    Generated 6h Excluded

    Withdrawn: frozen reference price: 22716.13000000 is the reference price on 569 NASDAQ predictions spanning 32 days, so it cannot have been the market price at each of them

  • Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq) DOW Bearish 85% 6h
    Generated 6h Excluded

    Withdrawn: frozen reference price: 47417.27000000 is the reference price on 676 DOW predictions spanning 32 days, so it cannot have been the market price at each of them

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Original source

The Nasdaq (-1.91%) is now down close to two percent on the day, while the S&P 500(-1.08%), Russell 2000 (-0.79%), and Dow (-0.32%) are hitting day lows. 55.3% (3,076) issues are now in decline against 41.2% (2,291) advancing. With that, let's turn our attention to the top and bottom 20 stocks ...

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Original article published by Yahoo Finance on February 26, 2026. Analysis and insights provided by AnalystMarkets AI.

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